[Balding_Eagle]

The hard data shows that this situations is well under control, and you don’t have to be a nuclear scientist to see that.

You just have to look at the facts.

Over 15,000 people are reported dead. How many from the nuke plants? None that we know of, but suppose it’s, say, 100. That’s nothing.

How many died at the initial Chernobyl event? 40? That’s almost as many as have died from windpower just here in the US (44).

Just as with the Gulf oil spill, the damage done by Big Press and the “Sky is Falling’ crowd, of which you are one, will drawf, DRAWF, actual damages from the nuke plants in Japan. We are already seeing that, with the death of nuclear for the US being predicted.

Even some Liberals have the good sense to reconsider taking positions based on their emotions: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2693306/posts

I wish a bunch of Freepers would have that dab of common sense.

[Errant]

and the “Sky is Falling’ crowd, of which you are one

I'm done discussing this with you. You obviously base your opinions on something other than facts or calm reasoning...

Have a great life FRiend!

[GonzoGOP]

Just as with the Gulf oil spill, the damage done by Big Press and the “Sky is Falling’ crowd, of which you are one, will drawf, DRAWF, actual damages from the nuke plants in Japan.

That is true so far as the radiological damage is concerned, but the financial impact is going to be high. Three Mile Island cost over 2.5 Billion when adjusted for inflation, and at a minimum they have four Three Mile Islands on their hands. So that is probably close to 10 Billion that they are going to have to come up with just to pay for the disposal of the damaged cores from reactors 1-4. Probably quite a bit more than those windmill accidents cost to clean up, even though the windmills actually killed more people.

Of course the hype will still probably cost more money than the cleanup, and it certainly will make the cleanup more difficult. But the cleanup will not be a trivial matter either But saying it is going to be expensive is a whole lot different than saying it is the end of the world. This is an engineering problem now, and as such kind of interesting.